Subsequent to the seminal work by Modigliani and Miller, a lot of researchers have revealed that capital structure, generally, has an effect on firm performance, even though the direction of this effect is largely contended. Unfortunately, however, most of these findings are based on data from non-financial institutions. This study is on the relationship between capital structure and performance of banks in Ghana. Panel data from all banks in Ghana for the ten-year period (1999-2008) was used in... Mehr